Altona play a tight, energetic styled jazz rock, similar to other Kraut fusion bands such as Moira, Missus Beastly, and Release Music Orchestra. The vocals are gruff in that bluesy way, more akin to what you would hear in the early 1970s from similar genre bands operating in Germany and England. An excellent addition to the collection, if 70s jazz rock with vocals is your fancy.
Ownership: LP: 1975 RCA. Single sleeve. Recent online acquisition (2023). The cover features an interesting contemporary single sleeve cover with manikins mocking American bus tourists (stereotyping of course) visiting the Hamburg section/town of... Altona. I first bought this album in 1991 at a record show in Dallas, but I wasn't as keen on the German jazz fusion sound as I am today. I sold that LP well over 20 years ago, though this one would definitely be an upgrade to that first copy.
CD: 2000 Disconforme (Andorra). The CD itself comes from a vinyl transfer, and could benefit from a new remaster. The liner notes appear to be translations of German newspaper articles that were added. Overall, the reissue will suffice, though I may pickup an original again if I run into one at a reasonable price (mission accomplished - probably will be sold soon).
12/9/14 (new entry); 1/24/23 (LP reacquired)
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